Authors — Jason Guerrasio

IFP ANNOUNCES ’09 GOTHAM TRIBUTES

The IFP have announced that Kathryn Bigelow, Natalie Portman, Stanley Tucci and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will receive career tributes at the 19th Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov. 30th at Cipriani Wall Street in NYC. All the Tributes have either had big years already or are lined up to have them by the end. Bigelow has received rave reviews and Oscar buzz for The Hurt Locker, Tucci starred in Nora Ephron‘s Julie and Julia and will be in Peter Jackson‘s The Lovely Bones, Portman stars in the Jim Sheridan remake of Brothers and Bevan and Fellner […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 25, 2009
NO CINEVEGAS IN 2010

According to a report posted on indieWIRE, Festival President Robin Greenspun and Artistic Director Trevor Groth announced today that the event will be canceled due to the economic downturn. Read more here.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 25, 2009
FILMMAKERS BLOG ABOUT INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK

You may have caught on overnight that IFP’s Independent Film Week is upon us. Throughout the event (which begins tomorrow and concludes on the 24th) filmmakers who are participating this year will take time out of their busy schedules to post their thoughts on the experience on the blog. Here’s who you’ll be hearing from: Kristi Jacobson (Hungry in America, Spotlight on Documentaries)Paul Lovelace & Jessica Wolfson, a.k.a. Lost Footage Films (Radio Unnameable, Spotlight on Documentaries) Rebecca Richman Cohen (War Don Don, Spotlight on Documentaries)Jennifer Phang (Look for Water, No Borders)Noah Harlan (Free In Deed, No Borders)Melissa B. Miller (The […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 18, 2009
CRITERION ANNOUNCES KUROSAWA BOX SET

With this being the 100 year anniversary of Akira Kurosawa‘s birth the Criterion Collection announced today that in December they will be putting out the most comprehensive collection of the legendary director’s work ever to be released in the US, which will include four titles never before available on DVD. From the release: AK 10025 Films by Akira Kurosawa Deluxe, linen-bound collector’s set includes twenty-five films and an illustrated book featuring an introduction and notes on each of the films by Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa) and a remembrance by Donald Richie (Films of Akira […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 16, 2009
Exclusive | OREN PELI TALKS PARANORMAL

We’ve been keeping tabs on director Oren Peli (pictured) and his debut low-budget horror Paranormal Activity after seeing the film and instantly putting him on our 2008 25 New Faces on Independent Film list. Now Paramount Pictures has announced that the film — which the few who have seen it compare to The Blair Witch Project — will be doing a creative release of the film starting Sept. 24th when it screens at Austin’s Fantastic Fest at midnight. In select theaters across the country on the same night the film will have free midnight screenings. The studio has also created […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 15, 2009
WEINSTEINS TAKE SINGLE MAN

In the first major deal at Toronto, the Weinstein Company has picked up Tom Ford‘s A Single Man in a seven-figure deal for U.S. and German rights, according to Variety. An adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, the fim’s star Colin Firth recently received the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival. Follow our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival here.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 15, 2009
LEE DANIELS’S “PRECIOUS”: BASED ON THE NOVEL “PUSH” BY SAPPHIRE By Jason Guerrasio

In this excerpt of our interview with Lee Daniels on his award-winning film Precious, which will be in the upcoming Fall issue, Jason Guerrasio talks to the director-producer about his connection with the book the film is based on, molding first-time actor Gabby Sadibe into Precious and his conflicts with the crew while making the film. Precious screens at the Toronto International Film Festival this evening and will be in theaters in November. Filmmaker: Did reading Push bring back any memories of what you went through growing up in Philly? Lee Daniels: I had not experienced the things that Precious […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 13, 2009
WHAT WE’VE HEARD SO FAR…

Even big time festivals goof up sometimes, Steven Soderbergh has finished his documentary on Spalding Gray and buzz builds for Tom Ford’s A Single Man.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 12, 2009
TORONTO 09: CAMPION & KUSAMA

Over at our Toronto page, check out interviews with Bright Star‘s Jane Campion and Jennifer’s Body‘s Karyn Kusama. Both films are currently screening at the festival and will be out in theaters next week.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 11, 2009
TORONTO 09: FILMS FOR THE TAKING

indieWIRE has compiled a list of 145 titles that will be for sale at Toronto. Some of them with big name talent attached — Don Roos’ Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, with Natalie Portman, Atom Egoyan’s Liam Neeson-Julianne Moore thriller Chloe and Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime. TIFF ’09 has the makings of a buying bonanza. We’ll be on the scene if anything goes down. Head over to our dedicated page throughout the fest.
by Jason Guerrasio on Sep 10, 2009

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